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Jazz
Events are listed by date, then city. Submit listings at least 14 days before publication to henry@list.co.uk. Listings are compiled by Henry Northmore and Kenny Mathieson. >1< Indicates Hitlist entry
Edinburgh I Stretch Dawrson 8. the Mending Hearts Queen Charlotte Rooms. 56a Queen Charlotte Street. Leith. 555 6660. 7.30pm. £10 (£8.50). Scotland's only Western Swing band. l’urt oft/iv [with I“t’.\‘!ll'(ll.
I Nicky Psaila/Michael Magg Quintet The Jan Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 2204298. 8.15pm. £4 (£3). Clarinet and sax-led live-piece.
Edinburgh
I Keith Edwards/Erik Hansen Octet The Jan Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 2204298. 8.15pm. £4 (£3). [flight-piece jaz/ ensemble with arrangements by bassist Hansen.
I Skunk Funk The Jan. Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 220 4298.
1 1.30pm 3am. £5 (£3). Night of top fttnk froin 1)J Aki and live guests. including jaz/ funk with a James Brown vibe form Sotil Foundation ( 12 Jun) and funky sottl from The l'nion ( 19 Jun).
Glasgow
FREE Jess Abrams Quartet Brel. 39 43 Ashton Lane. 342 4966. 3 6pm. New York jau vocalist. I’urt oft/w lli’s‘! 15ml Festival.
Edinburgh
FREE The Mellotones The Jan. Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 2204298. 3pm. Jimmy Taylor and band play songs by Mel Tormc and other great jau vocalists. I World Premiere Quintet The Jan Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 2204298. 8.15pm. £4 (£3). A different selection of live leading jazz players come together for each session with no rehearsal.
I Fish Fry The Jan Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 2204298. 1 1.30pm- 3am. £5 (£3). Scottish ja//.. funk. soul and Latin bands join l)Js lirik l)‘\'iking and Astroboy. Featuring loops. samples. funk and jazz from Joe Acheson Quartet ( 13 Jttn) and a mix of hip hop. blues. soul. samples and pop form Belleruche (20 Jun).
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FRE Muldoon’s Ragtime Band Three Judges. 141 Dumbarton Road. 337 3055. 5pm. Live traditional ja/I. at this Pale Ale Festival of beer front across the PK. Purl oft/iv lli'sl [ind I'i'slit'ul.
Edinburgh
FREE Sunday Session Jazz Jam Ryan‘s Cellar Bar. 2 4 Hope Street. 226 6669. 5 8pm. Jan. jam. feel free to come along and join in or just listen.
FREE Lorna Reid and Ant Law Cafe (irande. l84 Bruntslield Place. 228 1 188. 7 9pm. Providing the live jazz. sounds to dine to this week is cool and classy vocalist Reid.
I Tam White’s Shoestring Band and The Last Tree Leith Dockers Club. l7~17a Academy Street. Leith. 7.30pm. £10. Modern jazz-blues from legendary vocalist Tam White. backed by ace harp player Fraser Spiers and Neil Warden on guitar. I’urt oft/iv Lair/i I'i'slit'ul.
I Sunday Singers Night The Jazz Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 220 4298. 8.15pm. £4 (£3). Featuring Maria Speight ( l4 Jttn) and William Young (21 Jun) backed by a line jau trio.
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Monday 15
Edinburgh
I The Jazz Bar Big Band The Jazz. Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 2204298. 7.30pm. £4 (£3). Jan. classics from this 17-piece ensemble.
FREE Blues Open Session The Compass Bar. 44 Queen Charlotte Street. Leith. 554 1979. 9pm. All players and listeners welcome.
FREE Great Jazz Jam Session The Jan, Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 2204298. 10.30pm. lixpect a rich mix of styles as faces old and new drop in to perform with the House Trio each week.
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Edinburgh
FREE MusiChess The Jan. Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 220 4298. 5-—8pm. Weekly chess evening with cool live background music.
FREE Tuesday Jam The Jan. Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 2204298. 8.30pm. ()pen jttl/ jam with the House Trio. FREE Tuesday Heartbreak Funk Session The Jan Bar. I Chambers Street. 2204298. 1 1.30pm—3am. Funk guitarist and DJ Aki leads this two drummer-fuelled funk band.
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FRE Mono Jazz Motto. 12 King's Court. King Street. 553 2400. 8pm. Weekly jazz residency with a house quartet of Lorne Cowieson. liuan Stevenson. Andy Sharkey. Jim l)rummond and guests.
Edinburgh
FREE Graeme Stephen Trio (ireat (irog Bar. 43 Rose Street. 225 1616.
7 10pm. (iuitarist Scott is joined on bass and drums for a jazz, selection.
Edinburgh
I Brian Kellock Trio The Lot. 4 (irassmarket. 225 9922. 7.30pm. £12. lixpect another big-swinging. foot- stomping. fttn filled performance as Scotland's foremost jazz. pianist performs in the classic piano. bass and drums format.
I Jake and Elwood: The Best Blues Brother Show in the World Playhouse. 18—22 (ireenside Place. 0870 606 3424. 7.30pm. £l6.5()»—£2l.50 (£l5-‘£20). A great big soul. blues and rhythm party with classic hits such as ‘liverybody'. ‘Soul Man' and ‘Mustang Sally‘.
I Newt The Jazz Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 2204298. 8.15pm. £5 (£4). ()riginal compositions from trombonist Chris Cirieve. guitarist (iraeme Stephen and drummer Chris Wallace.
Edinburgh
I Mira Opalinska Quartet The Jan Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 220 4298. 8.15pm. £4 (£3). Polish pianist ()palinska is joined by saxman Konrad Wiszienski. bassist Douglas Whaites and drummer Slavvek Justynski.
I Skunk Funk The Jan. Bar. I Chatnbers Street. 220 4298.
11.30pm 43am. £5 (£3). See Fri 12.
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Edinburgh
FREE The Mellotones The Jan Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 2204298. 3pm. See Sat 13.
I lack a Moir Collective The Lot. 4 (irassmarket. 225 9922. 7.30pm. £tbc. ()riginal and exciting music that draws on jazz. experimental and world music as they launch new album l)lxll.()(i(/'l:'.8' i‘mii'i'rning . . . on Stitch Records.
I World Premiere Quintet The Jan, Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 2204298.
8.15pm. £4 (£3). See Sat 13.
I Fish Fry The Jazz Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 2204298. 11.30pm-- 3am. £5 (£3). See Sat 13.
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FRE La Fete de la Musique Ashton Lane. ()441 341 0844. 1pm. ()rganised by Ashton Lane Proprietors. Concrete Campfire and Alliance Francaise de (ilasgow. this key event in the West lind Festival programme has musicians of all styles playing all over Ashton Lane. Le Reno Amps. lnjuns and the Marco Cafolo Quartet have signed up so far and all the performances are free. l’urt oft/iv 112’s! 15ml l-i's'tit'ul.
FREE Pale Ale Festival Three Judges. 141 1)umbarton Road. 337 3055. 4pm. A selection of great beers with a live jazz soundtrack. I’urt ()fl/Ii' lli’s‘l I-[ml I'i’sli'vul.
I Euan Stevenson Trio (‘al‘e Cossachok. Russian Cultural Centre. 38 Albion Street. 553 0733. 9pm. £6. Pianist Stevenson leads this group paying tribute to lillington. (Earner and livans.
Edinburgh
FREE Sunday Session Jazz Jam Ryan‘s Cellar Bar. 24 Hope Street. 226 6669. 5--8pm. See Sun 14.
FREE Rosy Blue Duo (‘afe (irande. l84 Bruntslield Place. 228 1 188. 7 9pm. L'pbeat jit/J outfit.
FREE Jazz Jam and Open Mic Session Whighams Wine Cellars. 13 Hope Street. 225 8674. 8- 10.30pm. All singers and instrumentalists are invited to join house band Nick (iould (tenor sax). ()wen MacDonald (bass). Steve (irossart (piano) and Kevin Dorrian (drums).
I Sunday Singers Night The Jan Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 2204298. 8.15pm. £4 (£3). See Sun 14.
I The Black Diamond Express The Jan. Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 2204298.
1 1.15pm. £ 1. Alternative rockabilly. roots. blues and R628.
Edinburgh
I The Jazz Bar Big Band The Jan Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 2204298. 7.30pm. £4 (£3). See Mon 15.
I The Swingcats Brunton Theatre. Ladywell Way. Musselburgh. 665 2240. 7.30pm. £14.50 (£12.50). The harmonious. glamorous and sassy Swingcats perform a brand new show
Would-“Be Kings
‘Hold Tight'. a tribute to the Andrews Sisters.
FREE Blues Open Session The Cotnpass Bar. 44 Queen Charlotte Street. Leith. 554 1979. 9pm. See Mon 15. FREE Great Jazz Jam Session The Jan. Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 2204298. 10.30pm. See Mon 15.
Tuesday 23
Edinburgh
FREE MusiChess The Jazz Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 2204298. 5 8pm. See Tue 16.
FREE Tuesday Jam The Jill]. Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 2204298. 8.30an See Tue 16.
FREE Tuesday Heartbreak Funk Session The Jan. Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 2204298. 1 1.30pm 3am. Sec Tue 16.
Wednesday 24
Edinburgh
FREE Graeme Stephen Trio (ireat (irog Bar. 43 Rose Street. 225 1616. 7~10pm. See Wed 17.
I Acoustic Ladyland The Voodoo Rooms. 19a West Register Street. 556 7060. 7.30pm. £8. Genre-defying ja/l. line-up. featuring award-winning saxophonist Pete Wareham. shock-haired drumming powerhouse Seb Rochford and creative keyboardist Tom ('awley. drawing inspiration from the likes of Hendrix. (iang of Four. Coltrane and Monk.
I Nick Gould’s Jazz Main The Jan Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 2204298. 8.15pm. £4 (£3). Melodic jam and Latin from the lidinburgh tenorist.
FREE Jazz Jam and Open Mic Session Ye ()lde Inn. Davidson Mains. 0871 917 0007. 8.30 1 1.30pm. Sec Sun 21.
I Soul Society The Jan Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 2204298. 1 1.15pm. £1. Funk and blues from Mike Kcarney's four-piece.
Thursday 25
Edinburgh
FREE The Rosy Blue Duo National (iallery Complex. The Mound. 624 6200. 6»6.30pm. The jail! duo performs standards. blues and original material.
I Sean Pentland Quartet The Jan Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 2204298. 8.15pm. £4 (£3). Jan standards and originals from the ex-Boston bassist.
Dispelling the typical indie/rock band image, Would be Kings have no gimmicks, fads,
straightened hair or skinny jeans. Instead, the five-piece focus firmly on their music, bringing with them a whole host of experiences and influences. Sounding more like Pearl Jam or Queens of the Stone Age than mainstream indie music, the five-piece are tipped as Glasgow’s
finest alternative rock band. I Class/c Grand. Glasgow. Fri (.9 Jun.